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(Auction)Storm Disrupts Americana Auction
John McInnis, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Even the best-laid plans of mice and men are subject to the vagaries of weather. John McInnis Auctions' March 9 and 10 estates sale of Americana was a major-league victim of said vagaries when the nor'easter that blanketed much of the Northeast left the Amesbury, Massachusetts, auction ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Using Collectibles as Ad Props: A Good Sign?
It's encouraging to see the props that were chosen for this TD Ameritrade ad: a small collection of early telephones, along with a Big Ben alarm clock that could be vintage. There are also some old books, a couple of them set up as they might be for a trompe ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Expert Opinion
The Young Collector
When you are a librarian, everyone wants you to be on their team for Trivial Pursuit. "You know all the answers," they say. "No," a fellow librarian once said, "I know how to find all the answers." That conversation is the intersection of our understanding of the difference ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show
The 56th Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show has new support. The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) and Penn Medicine have become joint beneficiaries of the show, and the PMA will gradually assume full responsibility for the show's organization and management in the following years and apparently become its sole beneficiary.
The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Boston's Ayer Mansion Seeks Its Missing Tiffany Vase
Photos courtesy Ayer Mansion
A preservation organization that is renovating a historic house in Boston's Back Bay is asking collectors, dealers, curators, and others to be on the lookout for a vase by Louis Comfort Tiffany that has gone missing. It was one of three that Tiffany designed for Frederick Ayer ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art Dealers Association of America Art Show
The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show is a fair for lovers of art.
The dealers who are invited each year to exhibit bring their finest offerings, and many of them dedicate their booths to one artist or a group of artists from the same period and/or genre. "The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana
Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts
Arriving at Skinner in Boston for the March 3 Americana sale, one couldn't help noticing three men in Colonial dress among the crowd waiting to be admitted upstairs to the auction gallery. Had we stepped into the past? One thought was "How nice. Skinner is presenting men in ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Gathering on the Prairie
Arthur, Illinois
The kitchen might not have been the most important part of A Gathering on the Prairie, but it did say something about the show. More on that shortly.
Held March 3 at the Otto Center in Arthur, Illinois, A Gathering on the Prairie, now in its 15th year, is the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Spirit Antique Show
Arcola, Illinois
Shortly before the opening of her Country Spirit Antique Show, promoter Jill Mattingly likes to post images on Facebook depicting some of the show's dealers standing next to hand-picked favorite items from their booths. It's a good way to market the event while also giving the sellers added exposure. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Rural Life Antique Show
Tuscola, Illinois
Kyla Ruf was on the move. It was 10:30 a.m. on the first day of the Rural Life Antique Show, held in three venues in Tuscola, Illinois, March 2 and 3. The show had been going on for two and a half hours, and Ruf was seeing her most ... (Read More)
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